December

Gingerbread house party with The Mortimer crew. Wow the house was full. The gingerbread house did not make it this year. The frosting just would not set up and the kids loved the candy this year and ate most of it. Wesley said that an earthquake happened and then the gingerbread house tumbled.

Try making cookies with 4. We love cookies! Santa has to have our special cookies the kids always say. It sure was crazy and messy!

Annie found books this month and sits and goes through the pages. Tearing the pages is more like it. But you have to start the love of reading young. That is why she got board books for Christmas.

temple square. It was cold! Thank goodness for hot chocolate to warm up the insides after seeing the pretty lights.

Christmas Day

Having four kids wanting help and attention this is all I got for pictures. Christmas was so fun this year and the kids loved everything!

Jazz Game

Jazz vs. Spurs

What a fun night we had just the two of us. 11th row can you believe it. It would have made a even better night if the Jazz would have won. We had some crazy man yelling with his New York accent the whole first half. Then he strangely disappeared the second half.

Tree Decorating

Children STYLE: (verb): putting decorations all over the tree anywhere they please. Even if the tree is lopsided and decorations are not on top (where they can't reach) or bottom ( just didn't think about bending down).

I do not choose to decorated the Christmas tree. In the beginning of having kids I tried to decorate the tree just the way I wanted it, but that turned into sadness and frown faces so now I give that privilege to the kids. With Christmas music blaring and Santa hats on. We get the tree done with a whole lot of fun and dancing.

Oh so there is no arguing the whole evening Brian puts the star on the top of the tree. We forget who did it each year. Lost track of the order. So easy enough Daddy gets to do it.

First Snow

First real snow fall of the winter season.

I have not spent a full winter in Utah for probably 7 years.

Thank goodness for hot chocolate.

I forgot how kids love to get dressed up in their snow clothes

one minute then undressed the next.

Also these kids did it every five minutes.

Just love the white stuff!

Trick-or-Treat

Let's just say that Halloween was a bit crazy this year.

I am just lucky to have gotten pictures this year.

Cowboy Preston

He wants to be a cowboy when he grows up.

Tinkerbell

Annie hated her costume wings. giving her a sucker is the only way I got a picture without screaming involved.

Hermione

Riley is into Harry Potter now.

Harry Potter

Wesley loves Harry Potter still.

He is reading the series for the third time. Wow!

He reminds us everyday that the next Harry Potter

movie is coming and her wants to see it BAD!

Carving those pumpkins

Fall Time

Conference weekend

Between conference sessions we took a family hike/ picnic. This was the first fall leaves we saw in 6 years. It is nice to be back to Utah. I might not think that during winter.

Preston was a little up set because we all weren't going as fast as he wanted

Wesley was just happy to be out in the Mountain

We have told Preston time after time to keep his pants up.

Check out the glasses

Annie wanted to eat the dirt